Celebrate Easter with Canterbury!

Easter is the culmination of Holy Week and the Great Paschal Triduum (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil), the highpoint of the Christian year. At Easter we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, and the ultimate triumph over life over death. The Season of Easter (also known as "Eastertide") begins on Easter Day, and continues for 50 days, culminating in the feast of Pentecost.​Join us!

Easter Day Services

5:30AM The Great Vigil of EasterWe gather in darkness to await the new light of Resurrection.We kindle the new fire and light the Paschal Candle. We share scriptures and remember the whole sweep of salvation history from Creation to Resurrection. Then with rejoicing we celebrate the first Eucharist of Easter at sunrise.7:30AM Easter Breakfast10AM Easter Day Service11:30AM Egg Hunt @ UNM Duck Pond12:30PM Easter Dinner

What are we singing?

In addition to the beloved Easter hymns from the Hymnal 1982, we'll be singing these songs throughout the Easter Season.

At the beginning of each service during the Easter Season, we sing an Easter Troparion. The Easter Troparion was originally sung in Koine Greek, but is now sung throughout the world in many languages and musical settings. As we sing, the priest sprinkles the congregation with water, as a reminder that we have been baptized into Christ's death and resurrection. Below is a recording of the music, along with a video to help children learn the song, so they can help lead the congregation in song. The words are "Christ has risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!"

At the Fraction (the breaking of the bread for communion) we sing a song in four parts. Singing in parts is a spiritual practice that helps us embody our "unity in diversity" as a community--we don't all sing the same words or notes, but when we sing together we find harmony! The recordings, below, will help you learn the song.1- Alleluia! Alleluia! (Congregation)2-Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord (Congregation)3-Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us, therefore let us keep the feast! (Ministers)4- Hosanna in the Highest! (Soloists)

Special Events

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Spiritual Resources for the Easter Season

For Children, Families, and the Young at Heart

Daily Prayer

People in all kinds of religious traditions, including Judaism and Christianity, have been marking time with prayer for almost as long as we’ve divided the day into hours. “Praying the hours,” as it’s called, has always reminded us that God walks with us throughout each day; “praying the hours” is also a way that the community of faith comes together, whether we’re united all in one place or scattered like raindrops.

Daily Prayer for All Seasons, a resource published by the Episcopal Church, offers short seasonal prayer services to help you "pray the hours" wherever you are. For each season, the book offers eight daily invitations for you to pause for a short prayer/meditation break. Each service can be prayed in 3-8 minutes. In addition to the familiar liturgical seasons (Advent, Lent, Easter, etc.), Daily Prayer for All Seasons divides the long Season after Pentecost into two seasons: a Season of Rest, and a Season of Creation.

You can ﻿download a copy of Daily Prayer for All Seasons﻿, buy a bound copy, or pray along with the small group (of regular people of all ages) in the audio recordings, below.